Hands on: MSI shows off four Lunar Lake laptops with huge batteries

[Redaktion]

Many PC manufacturers introduced new laptops with Intel Lunar Lake at CES. MSI was among them, bringing four new laptops with Core Ultra Series 2 to Berlin - the convertible Summit 13 AI Evo as well as the clamshell laptops MSI Prestige 13 AI Evo, MSI Prestige 14 AI Evo and MSI Prestige 16 AI Evo. All four are meant for the B2B market.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Hands-on-MSI-shows-off-four-Lunar-Lake-laptops-with-huge-batteries.886813.0.html

[mdongwe]

Despite the small chassis, the MSI packs a big 70 Wh battery.

70Wh battery in 13 inch body... Sounds thick.

[Conflicted]

70Wh battery in 13 inch body... Sounds thick.

I feel conflicted about this. On one hand, if they're sticking 80 Wh batteries in 7" handhelds, then there's no reason they should be doing any less at the bare minimum and ideally should be sticking way bigger batteries in ultrabooks.

On the other hand, laptops by nature of their design don't get enough airflow to breathe. Sticking bigger capacities further reduces the amount of surface area there is for airflow which impedes thermals.